Improved boot-jack



@uiten tatrs @anni @fficev JAMES G. MOULTON, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Lettere .Patent No. 7 0,246, dated October 29, 1867,

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMEs Gr. MOULTON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and Statie of Massachusetts,

have invented an Improved Boot-dach; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description' thereof, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, of which- Figure l is a side elevation ofthe boot-jack.

Figure 2 is a vertical central section of the boot-jack.

Figure 3 is the edge elevation of the bootjack.

Figure lis a. horizontal section ofthe boot-jack.

The letters aarepresent the legs or standards of the invention; 6, their brace; a',4 the cross-bar or handle; c, the jack d d, its screws or pivots; e, the bolt to lock the jack to the cross-bar. Y

The nat-ure of the invention consists in constructing and providing n convenient andserviceable bootja cl and inorder that others may understand its nature and use, I will proceed to explain the same.

Fig. l in the drawings clearly represents the form of the boot-jack, which consists of the two legsa a united at the top by the crossebar a, constituting the handle, and also united by the brace b at the upper part of the frame.` The handle slips on cr is fastened on to the legs at the top. The brace is also niortised in, or otherwise fastened in between the legs. The brace has also a spring-lock or catch, as at e in the accompanying drawings, to hold the jack c when notl in use. The jacke is a flat piece of wood or other material, with an opening in it suitable to admit the boot, and resting at one end upon the door or ground, and near the other end resting or hinging upon points, as at d CZ. (See figs. 1 and The invention is madelof wood, or may be made of metal or any suitable material, and of any practical size.

To u sc'th' invention, spring back the catch e and let down the jack c; taking hold of the handle a with both hands, turn the foot a little to one side and insert it into the opening of the jack between thc legs, and, put the toe ofthe other foot upon the ond of the jack resting upon the Hoor, and the machine is ready to do its.

part of pulling off the boot.

The device is simple and novel. It is useful and convenient, since the machine has in factthree legs to stand upon when ready for use, giving a firm basis. It has a handle, to lean or balance upon when withdrawing'one foot from the boot and standing upon the other foot. It hassrnall compass when shutup, and can be easily hung up on a peg or nail when out of use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tp secure by Letters Patent, is-' l Ihe combination and arrangement of the several parts of the machine, namcly,the 'standards a a, the cross- `bar a', the brace b, the jack c, the screws or pivots Z el, and thc bolt e, whereby a bootljack is constructed, substantially in the manner and for the purpose aboveset forth.

JAMES e. MoULroN.

liitnesses:

J. L. NEWTON, L. F. LAMBERT. 

